MARYKATE MAHER

Artist StatementIn my practice, I begin by researching and mining the textures of nature and the post-industrial landscape. Starting from this place, I fabricate objects that resemble smooth river-rocks, sections of concrete, chunks of marble and knotted wood burls: a heterogeneous mixture of man-made and naturally occurring debris. These fabricated objects become foundational units in my sculptural process. I look for ways that these forms might relate to each other. I work towards arrangements that are “coercive” in some sense, symbiotic but not agreeably so. One element supports another in a tentative foundation.